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bodiccea · 08-24-2018, 05:46 AM

Hi, and thanks for your answer.

I know of course the difference of times between the calibre database one, and the exported file one.

I present my books are on a web site, and I would like people to know what has changed (i.e. file modification date should be calibre modification date).

I would like to be able to include both calibre "modification date" date in the save to disk (in the Preferences/import/export/template).
For instance, if I could add "calibre creation date" in format yyyyMMddhhmm, the exported file could be (on linux file system) file system

$ ls -l --time-style=long-iso
-rw-rw-r-- 1 br br 1119273 2018-05-19 15:56 200402232331 - Gallo,Max - Nice.epub

Here 200402032331 would be the modification date in calibre library, and would become part of the created file name (bold).

With a 2 lines script I could change the exported file modification date and rename the file, so that the file would become:

$ ls -l --time-style=long-iso
-rw-rw-r-- 1 br br 1119273 2004-02-23 23:31 Gallo,Max - Nice.epub

You will notice (blue color), that the file modification date is now what I would like to see, so that people can find easily what is new).

Is it more clear ?

Thanks.

PS. Have a look on:
https://ebooks.raoult.com/eng/?C=M;O=A

These books were added in Calibre at different dates for 5-6 years, and it is impossible for people to know if there are some new ones...

08-24-2018, 05:46 AM	#3
bodiccea Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2018 Device: samsung tablet 8", kitkai	Better explanation of my need... Hi, and thanks for your answer. I know of course the difference of times between the calibre database one, and the exported file one. I present my books are on a web site, and I would like people to know what has changed (i.e. file modification date should be calibre modification date). I would like to be able to include both calibre "modification date" date in the save to disk (in the Preferences/import/export/template). For instance, if I could add "calibre creation date" in format yyyyMMddhhmm, the exported file could be (on linux file system) file system $ ls -l --time-style=long-iso -rw-rw-r-- 1 br br 1119273 2018-05-19 15:56 200402232331 - Gallo,Max - Nice.epub Here 200402032331 would be the modification date in calibre library, and would become part of the created file name (bold). With a 2 lines script I could change the exported file modification date and rename the file, so that the file would become: $ ls -l --time-style=long-iso -rw-rw-r-- 1 br br 1119273 2004-02-23 23:31 Gallo,Max - Nice.epub You will notice (blue color), that the file modification date is now what I would like to see, so that people can find easily what is new). Is it more clear ? Thanks. PS. Have a look on: https://ebooks.raoult.com/eng/?C=M;O=A These books were added in Calibre at different dates for 5-6 years, and it is impossible for people to know if there are some new ones...